Courtesy Next Media(LONDON) -- "Good Lord!" says the headline in a British newspaper, praising business leader Lord Wolfson, for having been uncommonly generous.Wolfson, CEO of Next, the U.K.'s biggest department store chain, gave his entire annual bon...

Jeffrey Hamilton/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- With officials at the Centers for Disease Control saying it’s gearing up to be a bad flu season, several North Carolina hospitals are taking no chances and requiring that all employees either get a flu sho...

Siri Stafford/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Thanksgiving is right around the corner. And while most people will be home spending the holiday with their families, some will be stuck in the office.A Bloomberg BNA survey of employers finds that close to t...

Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- From flirtations in the copy room to after-work drinks that lead to a walk down the aisle, office romances can be an exciting -- if risky -- proposition. Some bosses say they’re not worth pursuing at a...

Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Shares of Facebook dropped Wednesday upon news that employees can start selling restricted stock in the company. In all, 234 million more shares and stock options held by employees and executives at F...

Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Shares of Facebook dropped Wednesday upon news that employees can start selling restricted stock in the company. In all, 234 million more shares and stock options held by employees and executives at F...

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Image(NEW YORK) -- Goldman Sachs employees may not be so happy with President Obama and his tough rhetoric about Wall Street, at least according to the latest campaign finance figures. Goldman Sachs was the U.S. compan...

Pixland/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Having a job these days is a valued commodity, but important or not, workers will occasionally call in sick whether they’re feeling lousy or just need that proverbial “mental health day.”CareerBuilder&r...

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(PICO RIVERA, Calif.) -- Evelin Cruz used to be terrified to speak up at work. A department manager at Walmart in Pico Rivera, Calif., for the past eight and a half years, Cruz, 41, feared she would lose her job if she...

David De Lossy/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Back at the job from your summer vacation? Feeling stressed already? Welcome to the club.Seventy-three percent of respondents from the 2012 Work Stress Survey conducted by Harris Interactive ...

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Workers for AT&T in Indiana claim in a lawsuit that they are forced to endure odd and punitive lunch break restrictions such as a ban on napping after eating a ham sandwich.According to a class action suit filed ...

Hemera/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- If you want to make life easier for yourself at work, remember these three steadfast rules: don't gossip about the boss, don't fall asleep at your desk and don’t talk politics.People can probably adhere to the first ...

Steve Mason/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- The recession may have forced many Americans to forget about taking an annual vacation, but a new survey finds more bosses than workers are still finding time to get away. A survey commissioned by Caree...

Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- In these uncertain times, not only is it good to get out while the going’s good, it’s also good to get out when things aren’t so good as evidenced in a survey of American workers conducted by insu...

Siri Stafford/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- As the lazy, hazy days of summer draw near, a new OfficeTeam survey of employees finds flexible work schedules and leaving work early on Fridays are the most coveted summer benefits.Forty-one percent of the survey ...

Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(MENLO PARK, Calif.) -- An improving economy often gives many workers courage to change jobs, but quitting a position to join the circus or handing in your notice simply because you don’t like the carpet seems a bit unusua...

Tim Boyle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Finally, some good news on the jobs front. According to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 40 percent of companies added jobs in the first quarter of 2012, up from 36 percent during...

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- Job seekers know that first impressions count, but many hiring managers who use social media to check out prospective employees say they get their first impression well before the face-to-face interview, and very ofte...